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Lions typically consume prey at the location of the hunt but sometimes drag large prey into cover. [137] They tend to squabble over kills, particularly the males. Cubs suffer most when food is scarce but otherwise all pride members eat their fill, including old and crippled lions, which can live on leftovers. [103]
Background map: File:Africa_map_blank.svg created by myself Source of data: Gisbau / African Mammals Databank taken from the book of Peter Jackson and Kristin Nowell, Wild Cats : Status Survey And Conservation Action Plan , World Conservation Union, IUCN/SSC Action Plans for the Conservation of Biological Diversity, 1996 ( ISBN 2831700450 ...
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The American lion (Panthera atrox (/ ˈ p æ n θ ər ə ˈ æ t r ɒ k s /), with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 130,000 to 12,800 years ago.
An Asiatic lion. The Asiatic lion's habitat is dry scrub land and open deciduous forest. The lion population increased from 411 individuals in 2010 to 674 in 2020, and all of them live in or around Gir National Park. [9] In 1900 it was estimated that the population was as low as 100, and the Asiatic lion was declared a protected species.
The lion plays a prominent role in The Fables of Pilpay that were translated into Persian, Greek and Hebrew languages between the 8th and 12th centuries. [100] The lion is the symbol of Mahavira, the 24th and last Tirthankara in Jainism. [101] [102] The lion is the third animal of the Burmese zodiac and the sixth animal of the Sinhalese zodiac ...
The Barbary lion was a population of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo. It was also called North African lion, Atlas lion and Egyptian lion. It lived in the mountains and deserts of the Maghreb of North Africa from Morocco to Egypt. It was eradicated following the spread of firearms and bounties for shooting lions. A comprehensive review of ...
Early world maps cover depictions of the world from the Iron Age to the Age of Discovery and the emergence of modern geography during the early modern period.Old maps provide information about places that were known in past times, as well as the philosophical and cultural basis of the map, which were often much different from modern cartography.